"frumpish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more frumpish [comparative], most frumpish [superlative]
Etymology: From frump + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|frump|ish}} frump + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} frumpish (comparative more frumpish, superlative most frumpish)
  1. Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind. Synonyms (poorly dressed): frumpy
    Sense id: en-frumpish-en-adj-O1qCf2c7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'poorly dressed': 97 3
  2. (dated) Bad-tempered. Tags: dated Synonyms (bad-tempered): frumpy
    Sense id: en-frumpish-en-adj--Vdx-uF2 Disambiguation of 'bad-tempered': 2 98
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          "text": "women in frumpish dresses"
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